An MIT Recruitment Story...no, Virginia, this isn't the SEC!

[Sciencewoman]

Future Engineer followed the dress code and pleased her mom by ditching the shorts and T and wearing a dress for Preference Day. She was ecstatic that her favorite group, Math, had invited her to Pref! However, she was less excited to see that she had not been invited back to Technology, and her other invitation was to Science. There was a wide gap between the 2 groups in her rankings, and although her Rho Pi Chi had told them to keep an open mind, this was very difficult. She was set on her favorite from the beginning!

The preference day parties confirmed her rankings. Future Engineer had her mind made up. She felt she belonged at Math. They seemed to have a great sisterhood, and she felt she would fit right in. The sisters of Science were not able to sway her. During the rankings, she even considering SIPing for Math, but her Rho Pi Chi talked her out of it and she ranked both groups:

1. Math
2. Science

From the end of Preference Day to the beginning of Bid Night, a 24-hour period of silence ensued. Future Engineer told her parents she wasn’t sure that she would accept a bid from Science. She was absolutely enamored with Math. Her mom was worried and told her give it a try if she matched with Science. Mom may not be Greek, but she was giving good advice!

Uh-oh: While a 24-hour period of silence had commenced, Future Engineer still attended a fraternity party that evening. Mom was worried about this, but Future Engineer assured her that she hadn’t been drinking or engaging in any other questionable behavior. However, Mom and Dad learned from the very active MIT Parents FB page that a party attendee had fallen out of a 3rd story window at this party (non-student, not seriously hurt). Now Mom was really worried.